Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Society has posted a new video on-line in which he discusses the plight of the Bluefin Tuna Species. To watch this 2 minute video please click on the following link:
http://youtu.be/88F7UAPnPLU
It is a fact that the Atlantic bluefin species has become extinct in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea due to overfishing! Once again we see an Asian country, this time the Japanese as being responsible for a sharp decline in Bluefin tuna populations in this planet! Bluefin tuna populations have declined alarmingly over the past few decades - not just Atlantic bluefin tuna, but also Pacific bluefin tuna and southern bluefin tuna.
In all cases, the decline has largely been driven by Japanese demand for sushi and sashimi!!!
(source: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/smart_fishing/target_fisheries/bluefin_tuna/tuna_facts/ ) This again suggests that those of us who want to ensure that the Bluefin tuna species survives on this planet have to act on its behalf! How can you do this? Stop buying products and services from Japan and phone or write the Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan using the following information:
Minstry of the Environment Government of Japan
Godochosha No. 5, Kasumigaseki 1-2-2, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975, Japan.
Tel: +81-(0)3-3581-3351 E-mail: Use the following link: https://www.env.go.jp/en/moemail/ Maybe if Japanese companies and those which provide services to us sustain a hit to their profit margins they think about the reasons for this decline,especially related to their abuses against this World's food sources!
Tel: +81-(0)3-3581-3351 E-mail: Use the following link: https://www.env.go.jp/en/moemail/ Maybe if Japanese companies and those which provide services to us sustain a hit to their profit margins they think about the reasons for this decline,especially related to their abuses against this World's food sources!
"In 2007, researchers from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)—the regulators of Northern bluefin fishing—recommended a global quota of 15,000 tonnes (15,000 LT; 17,000 ST). ICCAT then chose twice that number, later dropping it to 22,500 tonnes (22,100 LT; 24,800 ST). Their scientists now say that 7,500 tonnes (7,400 LT; 8,300 ST) is the sustainable limit.
The fishing industry continues to harvest 60,000 tonnes (59,000 LT; 66,000 ST) tons yearly!!! This is so selfish of some countries (especially the Japanese!!)
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bluefin_tuna
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bluefin_tuna
"Bluefin tuna is the largest member of the "Scrombridae" family of fishes. Bluefin tunas are distributed throughout the Atlantic in subtropical and temperate waters, and undertake extensive migrations"
(source:.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/decisions/fm-2008-gp/bluefin-thonrouge-eng.htm )
(source:.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/decisions/fm-2008-gp/bluefin-thonrouge-eng.htm )
"This species is at serious risk of extinction if unsustainable fishing practices in the Mediterranean are not stopped." (source: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/smart_fishing/target_fisheries/bluefin_tuna/ )
Here is a link to a recent news video concerning the plight of the Bluefin tuna:
What can a person do to help the bluefin tuna species survive on the planet? Here are some suggestions I found online: Please click on the following link:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/smart_fishing/target_fisheries/bluefin_tuna/what_you_can_do/
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/smart_fishing/target_fisheries/bluefin_tuna/what_you_can_do/
